Queenton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,702 people in Queenton of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Queenton was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Queenton aged 15 years and over, 44.1% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Queenton was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Queenton, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Queenton was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Queenton 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 6.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Queenton were Australian 35.8%, English 27.1%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 6.4% and German 5.1%.

In Queenton, 84.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.7%, England 0.7%, Papua New Guinea 0.4%, Germany 0.4% and Netherlands 0.2%.

In Queenton, 86.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Queenton were Catholic 22.9%, No Religion 21.3%, Anglican 18.2%, Uniting Church 12.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Queenton 88.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Cantonese 0.6%, Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.4%, Greek 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 681 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Queenton. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Queenton, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Queenton was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Queenton included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.4%, Labourers 18.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Professionals 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Managers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Queenton, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.3%, Metal Ore Mining 8.0%, Local Government Administration 5.5%, Hospitals 5.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Queenton was $474.

In Queenton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.5%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 6.6%, Bus 3.8% and Truck 2.2%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Queenton, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Queenton, 21.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Queenton, 35.8% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 22.2% were one parent families.

In Queenton 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Queenton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,962 and those without children was $1,718.

Employment status of couple families

In Queenton, of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 14.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Queenton, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queenton, 92.9% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Queenton, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 23.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queenton, 33.2% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 35.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Queenton, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 28.1% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Queenton, 33.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Queenton, 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Queenton, there were 191 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 95 (or 49.7%) were male and 96 (or 50.3%) were female. The median age was 22 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Queenton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $609.

In Queenton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,213.